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Alcohol drinking habits, alcohol dehydrogenase genotypes and risk of acute coronary syndrome.
Scandinavian journal of public health - 1 Jul 2010
Tolstrup Janne S, Hansen Jane L, Grønbaek Morten, Vogel Ulla, Tjønneland Anne, Joensen Albert Marni, Overvad Kim
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: The risk of myocardial infarction is lower among light-to-moderate drinkers compared with abstainers. Results from some previous studies, but not all, suggest that this association is modified by variations in genes coding for alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). We aimed to test this hypothesis, including alcohol as both the amount of alcohol and the frequency of drinking. METHODS: we conducted a nested...
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